Welcome New Member! Arup Roy-Burman, MD, Co-Founder and CEO of Elemeno Health |
Elemeno Health is the developer of a proprietary cloud-based solution for front-line healthcare teams. Developed in collaboration with UCSF Medical Center, the Elemeno solution provides "just-in-time" training, which enables front-line medical professionals to quickly access interactive guidelines, smart checklists, and concise how-to videos from any device, 24/7. Elemeno's solution is in use by teams in multiple large medical centers and county health systems, where it simplifies complicated best practices into bite-sized learning and includes both social and gamification elements designed to engage and motivate team members. FierceHealthcare named Elemeno Health a "2019 Fierce 15" company, designating it as one of the most promising healthcare companies in the industry. The company is backed by Launchpad Digital Health, Y Combinator, Fenway Summer, and Berkeley Angel Network. Prior to co-founding Elemeno in 2016, Arup was Medical Director of the Pediatric ICU and Director of Transport, Access and Outreach for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. A Pediatric Intensivist, his career has also included working within Children's Hospital Oakland, Children's Critical Care Medical Group, and Marin General Hospital. Arup has joined the East Bay Area Healthcare Round Table.
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AgilisIT CEO Interviews Healthcare CEOs in Podcast Series |
Joyce Tang, CEO of AgilisIT, has launched a podcast series, called Beating Goliath: The Blood, Sweat and Tears of Healthcare Startups, in which she interviews company founders and executives to find out how they are "punching above their weight and winning," plus insider tips from angel investors and venture capitalists. Recent episodes include interviews with Family Proud CEO Jaden Risner; WellBrain CEO Sumeet Maniar; P2B Investor Founder Krista Morgan; former VC and Founder of VAVICI Dr. Han Chiu; Purewick CEO Dr. Camille Newton; A Passion For Care CEO Patricia Melzer; and Elemeno Health founder Dr. Arup Roy-Burman. (Joyce Tang, Orange County Healthcare)
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Alvaka Networks Offers Tips on Choosing an MSP & on Software Security Patching |
In Finding an MSP to Protect Yourself from Outsourcing IT Risks, Alvaka Networks explains that managed service providers (MSPs) help fill the gaps, support strategic initiatives, and lighten the load an organization's internal IT staff carries to make sure it protects customers from outsourcing IT risks. But due to recent high-profile attacks on local and global IT MSPs, company leaders may be concerned about the safety of working with an MSP. Alvaka provides a list of questions to ask both potential and existing MSP partners. Meanwhile, Alvaka will host a live and interactive webinar - Software Security Patching: Why you are struggling with this essential task!, on multiple dates in July and August. This webinar will take a deep dive into this complex security dilemma, what the risks are, and how you can start to solve this problem. (Oli Thordarson, Orange County Healthcare)
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VivaLNK's Medical Sensor Platform Highlighted in Industry Journal |
MedCity News recently published Silicon Valley startup VivaLNK wants to be the Amazon Cloud of remote patient monitoring, which describes VivaLNK's range of sensor device products. "VivaLNK is currently developing a cardiac device, which is the centerpiece of a new platform with the capability to diagnose a-fibrillation more quickly and efficiently than traditional clinical standards," MedCity News reports. "The company has also made a software development kit available for the new device to allow third-parties to build in their own diagnostic and clinical decision support tools utilizing VivaLNK's hardware in areas like stroke prevention and hypertension control. VivaLNK's device has been submitted to regulators for marketing clearance and the first major market for its new offering will likely be Europe." (Jiang Li, Ph.D., Silicon Valley Healthcare)
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ZEISS Achieves Breakthroughs in Digital Tech & High-Resolution Imaging |
ZEISS Medical Technology Segment recently announced several breakthroughs in digital technologies and high-resolution imaging: the ARTEVO 800, the first digital microscope in ophthalmic surgery; CLARUS 700, the first device that combines ultra-widefield UWF imaging, excellent image quality, and a full range of fundus imaging modalities, including fundus angiography; and the completion of two million Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) treatments to date. (Angelo Rago, Bay Area Healthcare)
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TECH INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS
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Do U.S. Workers Embrace or Fear AI? Conflicting Reports |
The majority of U.S. workers (70%) said they hold a positive outlook on artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including chatbots, augmented reality (AR), and robots, according to Genesys's Workplace Attitudes to Artificial Intelligence report. 1,000+ U.S. workers were surveyed to determine current sentiments around integrating AI in companies. Only 4% of respondents said they consistently feel threatened by technology at work, while 75% said they rarely or never feel threatened. Some 32% said they believe AI will have an overall positive impact on their job in the next five years. 66% said this technology will make them even more efficient at their jobs, the report found. (Read Article: TechRepublic, 7/10/19)
Meanwhile, according to a new report from KPMG, 96% of baby boomers and 88% of Gen-Xers in leadership positions in the tech industry believe that AI will create more jobs than it eliminates. However, more than 33% of millennials think AI will kill more jobs than it creates. Millennials currently make up the majority of the U.S. labor force: By 2025, 75% of U.S. workers will be millennials. At least 54% of all employees will require significant training to remain competitive, according to KPMG. 42% of tech CEOs globally plan to retrain more than half their workforce in digital skills over the next three years. (Read Article: Silicon Valley Business Journal, 7/15/19)
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Consortium of Tech Firms Sets AI Benchmarks |
A consortium of tech companies, including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, has released a set of benchmarks for evaluating the performance of artificial intelligence tools, aiming to help businesses navigate the fast-growing field. The benchmarks - which cover image recognition, object detection, and voice translation - are meant to help companies compare various AI tools to see which work best for them as they pursue their own AI initiatives. (Read Article: Wall Street Journal, 6/25/19)
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In Aftermath of Tech Outages, Execs Struggle with Stress |
Cyberattacks, tech outages and breaches cause stress-related illnesses and impact the mental well-being of 51% of tech executives, according to a recent survey of 800 C-suite executives from IT recovery firm Sungard AS. That number reaches 56% among CTO and CIO roles. (Read Article: CIO Dive, 7/10/19)
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Amazon Requests FCC OK of Internet Satellite Plan |
Amazon has asked the FCC for permission to launch satellites into Earth's orbit to push forward with a plan to create a global broadband network. Amazon said "Project Kuiper" will bring together 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit to improve online connectivity in rural and underserved areas across the globe. The tech giant hopes to deploy satellites at three different altitudes in order to serve "tens of millions of people who lack basic access to broadband Internet." (Read Article: ZDNet, 7/8/19)
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Soon Your Phone Will Be Your Driver's License, MetroCard and More |
Several states are exploring a switch to digital driver's licenses as smartphone-based technology replaces more cards that consumers once carried in their wallets, tech columnist Joanna Stern writes. She examines the status of the technology; its use in transit systems, school and work ID cards; and data privacy issues. (Read Article: Wall Street Journal, 6/27/19)
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Employee Activism Is Alive in Tech, but Stops Short of Organizing Unions |
Tech workers at Silicon Valley's largest companies have engaged in an unusual degree of activism over the past few years - and it has gotten results. At Google, employees have written letters and signed petitions to force their leaders to address issues such as how artificial intelligence is used in products. Last November, 20,000 Google employees staged a walkout to protest the firm's handling of sexual harassment, leading to new company policies. Workers at Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Salesforce have also pushed for various changes. But failed unionization efforts at tech company NPM shows the obstacles to employee activism in the tech industry, and how moving from speaking out for change to collective bargaining so far remains a distant prospect. (Read Article: New York Times, 7/8/19)
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Big Tech Summoned to Washington for Antitrust Hearing |
Representatives of four huge U.S. technology companies will testify this week at a hearing on "online platforms and market power," the House antitrust subcommittee said. The July 16th hearing will be an early flashpoint in what is shaping up to be a years-long, high-stakes debate in Washington about if, and how, to limit the reach and influence of tech giants over markets and Americans' personal lives. The attendees include executives from Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, said the Democrat-led panel, which is conducting a broader inquiry into antitrust concerns in the tech sector. (Read Article: Wall Street Journal, 7/9/19)
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Long Beach to Gain New 400MWh Energy Storage System |
The City of Long Beach will be the site of a new, 400 megawatt-hour battery-based energy storage system, as part of Southern California Edison's (SCE) support of California's clean energy efforts, according to power plant operator AES Alamitos. The battery storage allows the system to insert power to the power grid at times of peak demand, with energy from that system contracted to SCE. The move will help California meet its "aggressive target" of 100% clean energy by 2045. (Read Article: socaltech.com, 6/27/19)
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